Content:
Dedication, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
INTRODUCTION, Pages v-vi
SYMBOLS, UNITS OF MEASUREMENT AND ABBREVIATIONS, Page vii
Chapter 1 - THE MUSCLE FIBRE, Pages 3-7
Chapter 2 - THE MOTONEURONE AND ITS AXON, Pages 8-15
Chapter 3 - RESTING AND ACTION POTENTIALS, Pages 16-26
Chapter 4 - THE NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION, Pages 27-34
Chapter 5 - MUSCLE CONTRACTION, Pages 35-46
Chapter 6 - MOTOR UNITS, Pages 47-62
Chapter 7 - EXERCISE AND FATIGUE, Pages 63-71
Chapter 8 - TROPHIC INTERACTIONS OF NERVE AND MUSCLE: DENERVATION AND REINNERVATION, Pages 72-79
Chapter 9 - USE AND DISUSE, Pages 80-88
Chapter 10 - TROPHIC INFLUENCE OF MUSCLE ON NERVE, Pages 89-91
Chapter 11 - MUSCLE GROWTH, Pages 92-100
Chapter 12 - AGEING, Pages 101-108
Chapter 13 - NEUROPATHIC AND MYOPATHIC DISORDERS: SICK MOTONEURONE HYPOTHESIS, Pages 111-119
INTRODUCTION TO DISORDERS OF MUSCLE FIBRE MEMBRANES, Page 121
Chapter 14 - MYOTONIA, Pages 123-132
Chapter 15 - FAMILIAL PERIODIC PARALYSIS, Pages 133-140
INTRODUCTION TO DISORDERS OF MUSCLE FIBRE CONTENTS, Page 141
Chapter 16 - THE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES, Pages 143-178
Chapter 17 - POLYMYOSITIS, MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA AND OTHER MYOPATHIES, Pages 179-190
INTRODUCTION TO DISORDERS OF NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTIONS, Page 191
Chapter 18 - MYASTHENIA GRAVIS, Pages 193-208
Chapter 19 - PSEUDOMYASTHENIC SYNDROMES AND OTHER SYNAPTIC DEFECTS, Pages 209-217
INTRODUCTION TO DISORDERS OF NERVE FIBRES, Page 219
Chapter 20 - WALLERIAN DEGENERATION AND FIBRE REGENERATION, Pages 221-232
Chapter 21 - DEMYELINATION AND REMYELINATION, Pages 233-242
Chapter 22 - NERVE COMPRESSION, Pages 243-252
Chapter 23 - THE DOUBLE CRUSH SYNDROME, Pages 253-259
INTRODUCTION TO DISORDERS OF MOTONEURONES, Page 261
Chapter 24 - MOTONEURONE DEGENERATION, Pages 263-273
Chapter 25 - TOXIC AND METABOLIC NEUROPATHIES, Pages 274-284
Chapter 26 - REVERSIBLE MOTONEURONE DYSFUNCTION IN THYROTOXICOSIS, Pages 285-288
Chapter 27 - TRANS-SYNAPTIC MOTONEURONE DEGENERATION, Pages 289-294
Chapter 28 - CONCLUSIONS, Pages 295-302
APPENDICES, Pages 303-318
REFERENCES, Pages 319-350
INDEX, Pages 351-364